Hi everyone,

Amy and her huband and myself and my husband and Tracey who is also getting banded just got done eating supper. UMMMMM UMMMMMM

Amy is not coming to the guesthouse until 2:00 pm tomorrow. My surgery is at 3:30 and Amy's is at 5:00. I told her I was going to tell all of you that she drank 2 pitchers of margiritta's so really rag her.

As soon as we're back here I'll let you know how we're doing. I hope fishy is doing well as well and anyone else who is having surgery tomorrow.

Love you guys and will check back later.

Almost there!:heh:

Thanks for updating us and best wishes to all of you for an uneventful surgery and a speedy recovery!!

Good Luck. I will say a prayer for you and Tracey tonight. May God be with you and Tracey during this time of surgery and flying back home. I hope the last meal was wonderful and enjoyable

Sherri, Amy and Tracey!!!

Best of luck to you all. WoW.. it seems like you all are having a party right before surgery! How fun to get to share this special time with your friends.. You'll have lots of memories and stories I'm sure.

PS.. what did you have for your "last supper" as I call it. LOL

Good luck to all of you!!! Can't wait for you to be in bandland with the rest of us!!! You guys will do great!

Good luck Amy, Sherri, and Tracey. Sounds like you guys had a wonderful time. I'll be thinking about everyone and saying a prayer for you tonight. My surgery is on Tuesday and I'm starting to feel really nervous, but trying to stay preoccupied.

Hi, you 3!

How lucky ya'll are to have each other for support. Thats awesome!

((hugs)) and prayers for a safe surgery and trip home.

God bless.

I wish you all the VERY best and will pray for a quick and speedy recovery. Time will pass so quickly and any pain will soon be a distant memory. I can tell you it is so much fun watching the scales go the other way for a change!!!

Good Luck Guys!!! :confused:

Hi everyone,

Amy and her huband and myself and my husband and Tracey who is also getting banded just got done eating supper. UMMMMM UMMMMMM

Amy is not coming to the guesthouse until 2:00 pm tomorrow. My surgery is at 3:30 and Amy's is at 5:00. I told her I was going to tell all of you that she drank 2 pitchers of margiritta's so really rag her.

As soon as we're back here I'll let you know how we're doing. I hope fishy is doing well as well and anyone else who is having surgery tomorrow.

Love you guys and will check back later.

Almost there!:heh:

You didn't have to go on liquids for 7 days to shrink your liver? Makes me wonder even moreso about those Mexican Doctors...and I've done a lot of worrying in the past about their tactics. I wish you the best of luck, but am so glad I stayed here in the states and didn't go to Mexico. They seem to have no qualms about pre-testing of any sort or dieting...just hand over the money and you are done. This isn't sour grapes...I just think it is dangerous.

God Bless,

Dody

Wow - sour grapes or what? My doctor here in Canada does not require a pre-op liquid diet to shrink your liver so please don't assume you know all about this surgery. There are different ways and for now, the jury is out on what is best. I for one think the expertise of the Mexican doctors is beyond reproach.

God bless indeed.

You didn't have to go on liquids for 7 days to shrink your liver? Makes me wonder even moreso about those Mexican Doctors...and I've done a lot of worrying in the past about their tactics. I wish you the best of luck, but am so glad I stayed here in the states and didn't go to Mexico. They seem to have no qualms about pre-testing of any sort or dieting...just hand over the money and you are done. This isn't sour grapes...I just think it is dangerous.

God Bless,

Dody

You didn't have to go on liquids for 7 days to shrink your liver? Makes me wonder even moreso about those Mexican Doctors...and I've done a lot of worrying in the past about their tactics. I wish you the best of luck, but am so glad I stayed here in the states and didn't go to Mexico. They seem to have no qualms about pre-testing of any sort or dieting...just hand over the money and you are done. This isn't sour grapes...I just think it is dangerous.

God Bless,

Dody

Well, I'm being banded in the Boston area by a very good Dr. and he didn't require me to go on a liquid diet for any amount of time. I think that this may depend on how much you weight or how large your liver is.. When I went in for my physical with the Dr. he felt my belly and said Your belly is soft with plenty of room. We don't have to worry about your liver. Also.. some Dr.'s like to see you make a commitment to the band, so they give you a number of pounds to lose before surgery to see how you do. My Dr. does this, a lot. Others may not.. Every Dr. is different, with different rules.

Also, There are a few of the Mexican Dr.'s who have done over 3,000 band surgeries. And one of the Mexican Dr.'s teaches, worldwide, other Dr's all about the lapband and how it's done.

One last thing.. this video, from one of the threads, shows a live lapband surgery done in Boston, last July. Around 38 min. into the video they talk very briefly about liquid diets before hand. They said some do it to shrink the liver, some have to have it for medical reasons for going under the anest., and some make you do it because the insurance requires you to lose weight prior to surgery. It's not word for word but here is the thread to the video. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3190472028990485080&q=lap+band

Yes the very experienced Mexican doctors make you go on a liquid liver shrinking diet IF your BMI is over 40 mine was for 14 days yours was 7 Dody ????....... :hungry: but having dinner the night before is not going to expand it overnight........My gosh woman think before you speak!!!!!!!!!:heh:

As for pre testing they were very careful and did all the pre tests I needed...........They actually had a real hospital and electricity and clean Water..........and a nice car took me back to my 5 star hotel to recover not a donkey:p

You didn't have to go on liquids for 7 days to shrink your liver? Makes me wonder even moreso about those Mexican Doctors...and I've done a lot of worrying in the past about their tactics. I wish you the best of luck, but am so glad I stayed here in the states and didn't go to Mexico. They seem to have no qualms about pre-testing of any sort or dieting...just hand over the money and you are done. This isn't sour grapes...I just think it is dangerous.

God Bless,

Dody

Not everyone has to shrink their liver. My doctor only requires losing some weight (to shrink the lliver) if you weigh over 300 lbs. Different doctors - different patients - different requirements.

I'm being banded at one of the top 10 hospitals in the US. The shrinkage of the liver and the liquid diet are very important to this hospital, as it also has a big affect on the gas you get afterwards. To each their own.

I don't even weight 250, let along 300 lbs. I'm having this done for medical reasons and because of arthritis and serious heart problems. I have about 50 lbs. to lose, but shrinking the liver has nothing to do with what I weigh. It is a precaution against several things....one of them being the horrible gas pains, as they have done a study on it at Vanderbilt which is a teaching hospital. My dr. has done over 1000 bands, and I'm merely following his advice.

I was merely stating how very different things are in different places. I hated to think of you having all that gas after surgery that might come with having eaten up till about 12 hrs. before surgery. Sorry if I offended anyone. I was merely concerned.

Dody

I'm being banded at one of the top 10 hospitals in the US.

Well whoop-dee-do! :confused:

Every patient is different, Dody. Let's not hijack mysherrijo's post, you can take that crap to another thread, please.

Hey you Monerrey gals - I yelled from my balcony here in Tijuana, did you hear me? :biggrin1:

Good luck to everyone today - Not sure what time my procedure is, I imagine sometime early this afternoon (my pre-op is this morning.)